The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-17
commissioners Sale Of YaIua.
bic A:anawIia River Bottom
Farm, in Mason County. ~.

GAAAAS IA M&ASOM SOuntJs ".
Va.
DY virtue of authority vested in me,
Dthe undersigned special commissioner
by an order entered on the 9th day OF
May, 1887, by the circuit court of Mason
county, WA, III an action in chan
Gerry, therein pending, wherein H. r.
Howard, special receiver in the case OF
a. Hess and Henry Hess is plaintiff
and Hiram Stephenson, let al, fare de-
PENDANTS. shall on the
Sd Day of September, 1852,
at 10 o'clock a. NJ. of said day, at the
front door of the court house of said
county, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, the following described
tracts of land, situate in the County OF
Mason, State of West Virginia, bounded
as follows:
Beginning at the lower back corner of
the tract, near an ash tree in the line OF
l25 acre tract, patented to WIN. Steph-
enson, on the 18th day of June, 1925;
thence s. 20 deg, W. 80 p. TO a stone on
the river bank; thence s. 80 deg, e. 80 p.
to sugar tree on the river bank; thence
n. 20 deg, e. so p. to stump in the
line of the I25 acre tract aforesaid;
thence with the same n. 50 deg, w. 80
p. to place of beginning; estimated to
contain fifty acres.
The second tact of land is the same
tract spoken of above as patented to
VIM. Stephenson, on the 18th of June.
1925, and is bounded as follows. viz
Beginning at white oak on the south
side OF hill; thence n. Is poles to a
white oak on the north side of hill;
thence n. 81 deg, e. las poles to stake,
10 links on course 8. IS deg, w from
a white oak corner standing on the
south side of hill; thence s. % deg, e.
l24 poles to red oak on a south hill
side; thence s. 81 deg, W. 100 poles to a
to white oak on the east side of hill;
thence s. 10 deg w. 6a poles to stake
IL links on course, n. Al deg. e. from
sugar tree corner standing on the river
bottom, in the back line of the land OF
Hiram Cooper; thence n. 50 deg, W. 13S
poles to the beginning; containing 125
acres, more or less.
The third tract is part of tract OF
150 acres, patented to said William
stephenson, on the 4th day of June,
1895, and described as follows, viz !:
and $50 acre tracts; thence n. SO deg, c.
764 poles to stake on point N. So deg.
W. 81 poles to chestnut oak, between
two small drains; thence n. SO deg, W.
| 76I poles to stake on the old line;
thence s. % deg, e. 81 poles to the be-
ginning; containing 30 acres, and the
I three tracts together, which lie con-
IlBuOuSiy 10 duQ duJOlIllIlR eacn OIQSr,
are estimated to contain 207 acres.
Also, the undivided interest of Fran
els 81. Oliver and Julia Oliver, his vile,
! in the real estate of VIM. Stephenson,
/ which interest was conveyed on Goth
day of January, 1864, to the said defend
ant, Hiram Stephenson, by deed duly
recorded in deed book No4S; page, lO6,
of the records of deeds for Mason coun-
! ty, to copy of said deed, marked ex-
hibit E and fled with plaintiffs bill.
Reference is hereby made for a more
perfect description.
TERMS OF SALE:
One-third of the purchase money
cash in hand and the residue on credit
of one and two years, the purchaser
giving bond with good security as to the
! deferred iHstallments, and said special
commissioner retaining the title to said
lands as a further security.
G. p. SIMPSON,
Special Commissioner.
/, r. E. Mitchell, clerk of the circuit
court of Mason county, West Virginia,
do hereby certify that g. P. Simpson,
special commissioner, has given bond in
the above entitled action.
R. E. MITCHELL, Clerk.
Aug. low,